Covid-19 virus test results – meaning social gatherings were limited to a maximum of six people. With no slow down in Covid cases in sight, it is feared such measures may still need to be in place for the remainder of the year as the battle against the deadly disease continued.
And while Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested the rules may potentially be relaxed slightly on Christmas Day to allow grandparents to attend family dinners, it is likely celebrations may still be legally forced to be more restrained than normal.
An unusual side effect of such action is that turkey farmers are now considering reducing the size of the birds they are rearing by putting them on diets – so the meat available for sale come Christmas will be more.